Ruth Pine Furniss papers 1919-1960

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Ruth Pine Furniss papers 1919-1960

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The Papers contain writings and other papers of American author Ruth Pine Furniss. Furniss's writings drew on her struggle with mental illness and her exposure to various medical treatments. Her career as an author is documented in various material, including drafts, printed versions of her writings, contracts with publishers, and copyright records. Some of her poetry, short stories, and articles written in the 1920s, and largely published in magazines and newspapers, are in a scrapbook of clippings. Reception of Furniss's novels, including Gay, Snow, and The Layman Looks at Doctors, is documented in reviews gathered into two scrapbooks. The Papers also include a draft for The Dreamland Tree, an unpublished novel completed in 1952. The correspondence of Furniss's son, W. Todd Furniss, reveal his endeavor to have The Dreamland Tree published following his mother's death.

1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Furniss, Ruth Pine, 1893-1957

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Ruth Kellogg Pine Furniss was born on March 2, 1893 to Charles LeRoy and Grace Eddy Kellogg Pine in Lansingburg, New York. She attended the Emma Willard School (Troy, New York) and Miss Porter’s School (Farmington, Connecticut). She studied short story writing with Dr. Blanche Colton Williams at Columbia University and went on to publish a number of short stories and novels. It is believed Furniss suffered from manic-depression, which was treated through periods of insti...

Furniss, W. Todd (Warren Todd), 1921-

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Warren Todd Furniss was born in Pelham, New York, on June 5, 1921. He attended Phillips Academy, Andover, and received his B.A. from Yale in 1942. After graduation Furniss entered the U.S. Army Air Force, serving chiefly in the Medical Administrative Corps in Guam until 1946. Following the war, Furniss returned to Yale and received a M.A. (1948) and a Ph.D. (1952). He was an instructor at Mount Holyoke College; an instructor, associate professor, and associate dean at Ohio State University; and ...